If explicit cognition about morality promotes moral behavior then one might expect
ethics professors to behave particularly well. However, professional ethicistsí behavior has
never been empirically studied. The present research examined the rates at which ethics
books are missing from leading academic libraries, compared to other philosophy books
similar in age and popularity. Study 1 found that relatively obscure, contemporary ethics
books of the sort likely to be borrowed mainly by professors and advanced students of
philosophy were actually about 50% more likely to be missing than non-ethics books.
Study 2 found that classic (pre-1900) ethics books were about twice as likely to be
missing.

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